Download or read book The Politics of Public Budgeting written by Irene Rubin and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Budgeting is often the setting for major contests over the balance of power between the legislative and the executive. This book looks at the way budgets can provide a vantage point from which to observe government, and a way of holding government accountable to its citizens.